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@zum l Mw-eea GUSTAV GRANIER AND .JULIUS GROSS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

` Letters Pfl-tent No. 83,835, dated November 10, 1868.

POSINGl-APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, GUsTAv CRAMER Iand JU- LIUS GROSS, of St. Louis, in the county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Universal Rest and Posing- Apparatus for Photogmphiug-Puiposes; and we1 do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to provide a rest and posing-apparatus for steadying the human form in any peculiar, natural, or artistic position, so as to enable photographers to obtain correctI likenesses thereof. While the apparatus may, with great advantage, be used in the ordinary business of the trade, it is especially adapted to taking likenesses of persons in danging, gymnastic, and other artistic positions, and for such service it is invaluable. Y

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our improved apparatus, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1, ofthe drawings, is a front elevation of the improved apparatus.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

vFigure 3 is a longitudinal central section of one of the limbs. Y

Figure 4 is a. plan of the foot-rest.

Figure 5 is a detail plan of the arm-rest.

The apparatus consists of a spinal, jointed rest, A, similarly-jointed legs B, and arms C..

The spinal rest A- is composed of numerous sectional pieces, or vertebrae, o, al, a2, a3, a4, a5. The bottom one of these, a, passes through a socket, d, of the horizontal arm D, and a set-screw in the side of the said piece will retain the whole of the spinal rest in any required position of vertical adjustment.

In like manner the horizontal arm D passes through the socket-piece e of the standard E, and is secured therein also by means of a set-screw. The standard E passes down into the pedestal F, and it may be retained therein, either by means of a set-screw, or by a -cogged rack and pinion.

As each of the pieces, a, D, and E, is round, it will be an easy matter to turn either or all of them in any required manner, and then secure them in position by means of the set-screws.

The pieces a a, and ai a3, and a a5, are coupled together by means of the knuckle-joints m, and the pieces a a?, and a3 a4, and a5', `and the head-piece as, by means of the swivel-joints n. These swivel-j oints n are also constructed so that they may be extended or contracted at pleasure, by slidinga tenen of one piece into the socket of the other, and securing the parts in position by means of the set-screws 2:, as is clearly shown in iig. 3. 'Ihe joints n may then be subjected to a combined torsion and extensor motion, the pins or tenonsv forming the latter joints being round, so as to allow them to turn about their' axes.

The spinal rest, constructed in this manner, maybe made to follow all the contortions of which the human frame is capable, and it may, at the same time, be increased or diminished in stature, so as to accommodate the person oi an adult or a child, and still be concealed ii'om a front view, by the subject shielding all its parts.

'The head-rest, G, and the back-rest, G', may be of any of the approved forms of construction, and attached to the rest A by means of set-screws, in the usual manner.

The legs, B, are composed of sectional pieces, con nected together bymeans of Hexer-joints, m, and extension torsion-joints, a, similar to those already described fer the spinal rest A. -The upperfjoints of the leg-pieces have socket-pieces, l), which surround the spinal piece A, and slide up or down thereon, and secured thereto by set-screws, so as to place the thighjoints of the legs in anylposition to suit the height of the person being taken. To the bottoms of the legpieces are attached foot-rests, H, so constructed as to be placed in any required position, and capable of being lengthened or shortened by means of the bottom rod 71, sliding socket h1, and set-screw h2, thus adapting the foot-piece to any-sized foot.

The arms C, like the back and leg-rests, have iiexorjoint-s, fm, and extension torsion-j oints, n, and they are connected with the spinal rest by means of the sliding adjustable sockets c. To the outer sliding section of ihese arms are secured hook-rests, I,shown best in The pivot-pins, which assemble the parts at the ileXor-joints m, should'have thumb-screw nuts, for the purpose of securing the adjustment.

Having described our invention,

What we claim, is-

l. The body-rest A, when provided with ilexorjoints, m, and extension torsion-joints, n, constructed substantially as herein described and set forth.

2. The leg-rests B, when constructed so as to be able to follow all the movements of the humanleg, and be adjustable thereto, asand for the purpose set forth.

3. The arm-rest C, when constructed so as to be able to follow all the movements of the human arm, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

GUSTAV GRANIER. ,.JLIUS GROSS. Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, GEORGE W. HERBERT. 

